Music Reviews
Thom Yorke - The Clock (Song)
The Clock is a song by Thom Yorke which appears on his debut solo album, The Eraser. The track opens up with a simple rhythm as more instrumentation gradually begins to join in to make the song have a fuller overall sound. This simple rhythm continues on for a …
After 7 - Reflections
The Album: Reflections by After 7 from Sony Songs Inc., was released in 1995. Featuring some memorable tracks that made the love process go alot easier. Throwing this CD in especially on a rainy night with that special someone, or even if you have just lose that someone, you …
Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia (Music Video)
Overview —“ Jesus Of Suburbia, the final music video released by Green Day for their album American Idiot would have to be the one video throughout all of Green Day’s career that I can call my personal favorite. I honestly believe that this is Green Day’s most ambitious music …
Bye Bye Bye (song) from Nsync
This is one of the hit single of Nsync in 1999. Included in the album No String Attached it tops the billboards chart and stays there for month. This is the song that I believe pushed away the Backstreetboys to the number one spot. Once I remember this song, …
Sarah McLachlan “Laws of Illusion”
Although I have never really been an ardent fan of Sarah McLachlan, I tend to listen to her music from time to time, especially in autumn, and when I’m feeling melancholic. In my opinion, she has released one brilliant album (”Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”), and several decent ones, including “Surfacing” …
Cassidy : B.A.R.S.
Rapper Cassidy recently put out his third solo cd which was his first cd released after comming home from jail and as a fan I was very excitied about hearing this cd. However, I was very dissapointed in this effort he put into this cd, I previously thought he …
Death Cab For Cutie - Death Of An Interior Designer (Song)
Death Of An Interior Designer is a song by Death Cab For Cutie which appears on their record Transatlanticism. The song opens up with an odd drum rhythm before a calming guitar pattern comes in over the top and a subtle bass rhythm can also be heard in the …
Animal Collective - Panic (Song)
Panic is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their record Here Comes The Indian. Opening with a vocal section, the song drags on in this manner for several minutes before entering into an instrumental section which is no more interesting. Unfortunately, Panic strikes me as incredibly similar …
DMX Flesh Of My Flesh
If you are a DMX fan you will not be dissapointed in his second cd, also if you are looking for some real hard core hip hop music then I suggest that you pick this up because of the hard content on this cd which includes. “No Love For …
Brad Paisley
We have Nissan Mega Tickets, The Nissan Pavilion is in Bristow Virgina around seventy miles from BAltimore. With the Mega Tickets we get to see six country music shows a year. Brad Paisley is one of the stars that we are going to be able to see …
Album: Rodney Carrington Live- C’mon Laugh You Bastards
If you like redneck humor such as the Blue Colar Comedy tour, then this album is for you. I personaly love this kind of stuff, and Rodney Carrington Live is one of my favorites. From his story of having kids and wanting to “beat them” (its a joke of …
Troye Sivan - TALK ME DOWN (Song )
I have been a huge fan on Troye Sivan ever since he released his debut single “The Fault in Our Stars” a few years back. His voice is eternally soothing, he’s not in for the great vocals you’ll find in Ed Sheeran or Bruno Mars songs but there’s definitely …
Biffy Clyro live at Sheffield 02 Academy
I saw Biffy Clyro at Sheffield 02 Academy on Friday 30th April. They have grown significantly in popularity since I first saw them play. In fact, in the UK, you can hardly switch on the radio for 5 minutes at the moment without hearing a Biffy song.
Since …
Chickenfoot Debut Album
The new super group joined in 2009 started when Sammy Hagar the vocalist along with Michael Anthony on bass, both from the band Van Halen jammed out with Joe Satriani, the legendary guitar soloist famous for his second album Surfing With The Alien, and drummer Chad Smith from th …
The Doors - The Crystal Ship (Song)
The Crystal Ship is a song by The Doors which appears on their self-titled debut record. The song starts off with Morrison singing a few words before the rest of the band joins in with him. His vocal tone on this track is extremely melodic and has that very …
Nothing Is Sound by Switchfoot
Switchfoot is a fairly new indie band that is emerging quite well in my area. I do not know if the rest of the country, or the world, for that matter, are aware of Switchfoot, but I really like this band and see them as a great up and …
First Act Electric Guitar (ME300)
My first electric guitar was the First Act guitar, a Double Cutaway Electric ME300, most often found in local Walmart stores, and online. This guitar has a pretty full sound for a rather inexpensive piece of musical equipment. Their prices range from around $60 all the …
21 questions by 50 cent
50 cent twenty one questions is about how this guy is in love with a girl and he asks her questions and he hopes she has answers for them. He is going into jail and he hopes she sticks by him. That is why he is asking these questions. …
Cradle Of Filth The Principles Of Evil Made Flesh
The Principles Of Evil Made Flesh is Cradle Of Filth’s debut album, released in 1994 on Cacophonous Records. This is Cradle Of Filth in their black metal days, the lyrics here focus heavily on anti religious lyrics, Satan, and vampire folk lore. Songs from this album were later re-recorded …
Ba Ba/Ti Ki/Di Do EP by Sigur Ros
This EP was originally composed for a dance piece by Merce Cunningham. The band famous for their innovative use of instruments has developed this piece mainly for Piano, Toy Piano, Vocal Samples and, interestingly, miked up ballet shoes. The three tracks develop when played form start to finish, making …
Winner at a Losing Game
Rascal Flatts singing about heart break is also heartbreaking. They know how to get their audience to feel emotion and that’s extremely important for singers to do. This song talks about how hard it is to love someone who does not love you back. Even if you can’t relate …
You and me by Fall out boy
I’m like a lawyer the way I’m always trying to get you off (me and you) is a song by Fall out boy that I like listening to all the time because of how the lyrics are. The whole song is beautiful and confusing all at the same time. …
Elixir Nanoweb Acoustic Guitar Strings
Whether your guitar-playing experience is that of a legend or a beginner, Elixir strings with Nanoweb coating will deliver unmatched comfort and sound quality from even your feeblest attempts at manipulating an acoustic guitar. The sound of the Nanowebs is incredibly bright and clean, and the thinner Nanowebs make …
Darrell Worley-I just came back from a war
The song “I just came back from a war” is sung by Darrell Worley. It is about a soldier trying to catch up on old times with a group of friends and how he has changed sinse comeing back from a war where he was not appreciated. This song …
You Got it All - The Jets
I have never really seen who The Jets are. But I am so in love with their song “You Got it All”. The song is so lovely that it says every thing that is on a mind of a person who found true love and that is a wonderful …
Go Girl (2008): Ciara ft. T-Pain
Ciara ft. T-Pain
“Go Girl”
Fantasy Ride
LaFace Records
Director: Melina Matsoukas
Ciara kicks back with her third album, “Fantasy Ride”, with the first single and music video titled “Go Girl”, yet another female empowerment track that proclaims itself as a control anthem for women. Her husband this time around, oops I meant guest …
Illmatic - Nas
I thought that the 1994 Illmatic by rapper Nas was a classic and is one of the best hip hop albums of all time. At the time, Nas was a relatively unknown artist and west coast gangsta rap artists were dominating the hip hop scene such as Dr. Dre, …
Dio: Holy Diver
Dio’s Holy Diver is among the most important metal albums of all time.Ronnie’s vocals soar with amazing beauty and depth.He is a great front man for any band.Even though I like his work with Black Sabbath much more than solo it still does nothing to change the fact that …
“Good Girl Gone Bad” Album by Rihanna
Rihanna seems to be absolutely everywhere these days. With her ever-changing brightly colored, quirky hairstyles, it is very hard to miss her. She is constantly being played on the radio and featured on the front cover of every magazine on newsstands. I definitely understand all of the hype about …
The Grateful Dead - Me & Bobby McGee (Song)
Me & Bobby McGee is a cover performed by The Grateful Dead which appears on their live album entitled Grateful Dead, otherwise known as Skull And Roses due to the iconic cover art of the record. The track starts off with a clean guitar pattern primarily in the right …
Tical 0 The Prequel, 2004 Album by Method Man
I would not say that I love rap music. I certainly liked it but there are certain genres of music I totally love and they are of course mostly rock music and also electronic music. But rap music is the type of music that I like even though I …
Iron Maiden - Be Quick Or Be Dead (Song)
Be Quick Or Be Dead is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Fear Of The Dark. Be Quick Or Be Dead starts off with a brief drum section before the guitars and bass come in with a pretty quick and aggressive riff to start the …
Blizzard of Ozz, 1980 Album by Ozzy Osbourne
This album is very special to me. It started listening to this record at a very interesting time in my life, when I was about thirteen years old, and this album will always remind me of that time, and will always remain special to me for that reason. As …
Kid Cudi - Ashin’ Kusher (Song)
Ashin’ Kusher is a song by Kid Cudi which appears on his second album Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager. Opening up with an interesting electronic drum rhythm, Kid Cudi enters with the first verse of the track pretty quickly with a melody that I …
Overprotected by Britney Spears
I was so singing this song the other day celebrating my cousin’s birthday. We had a mini celebration in a country club and were having our own private Karaoke session. There were around 6 of us, and we had to choose around 3 songs. Amongst the 3 …
Gospel Hip Hop Radio.com
I am a hip hop artist who used to sing secular hip hop. I used to sing about the type of life I lived, which was a life of partying, sex, relentless pursuit of fast money, anger, pride and any other sinful thing you could think about. Until I …
Animal Collective - Bleed (Song)
Bleed is a song by Animal Collective and is the third track on their EP release Fall Be Kind. Opening with a spoken word section, Bleed soon transitions into an incredibly empty atmosphere which is both positive and negative. On the downside, I’m not a huge fan of the …
Wolfmother
Wolfmother’s Self titled debut was released in late 2005 to mixed reviews, many critic’s attacked this album for it’s heavily borrowed riffs and song structure from many 70’s stlye metal bands, I have no problem with their borrowing bits and pieces, every good artists borrows. It took some …
Lil wayne Carter 3
Lil Wayne’s third album The Carter 3 was the most anticipated rap album of the year. Lil wayne has made himself into one of the biggest rappers in the world. His Carter series albums have been considered classics. Along with his solo albums, his mixtapes are also considered classic …
Like A Stone - Audioslave
I have come to terms with the fact that most song writers lose their edge as they get older, and create more and more boring music. I guess it is just a fact of aging that people calm down and get more settled into a decent lifestyle, then decide …
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island (Album)
On Avery Island is an album by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the first LP released by the group. Up at this point in this career, the only music listeners could judge this band by appeared on their EP Everything Is. In comparison to the songs on that EP, …
Are You Listening - A Love Song for Haiti song
Are You Listening - A Love Song for Haiti is a beautiful song of compassion and love by gospel artist, Kirk Franklin. He wrote it about eight years ago, and after the devastating earthquake of January 2010 which has nearly destroyed the small country of Haiti, he …
Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses Tune Up for Austin City Limits
House of Blues Dallas, TX 10/7/2010
After a fun set from local troubadour, Scott Copeland, the sold out HOB audience anxiously anticipated the headliner: Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses. As they took the stage, the crowd broke into frenzy.
Fresh off the release of their 3rd album and with …
Metallica - Fade To Black (Song)
Fade To Black, the ballad of Ride The Lightning, is certainly the song where I believe Metallica truly proved that they were much more than a thrash band from the 1980s who were completely driven by energy. I feel like the progression and development …
Clothes Off by Gym Class Heroes
Gym Class Heroes are an American band that I didn’t know of till recently. I first heard them with their first single from a new album on the radio airways and later bought their album.
Their second song to release with a video was “Clothes Off”
This song has a …
Nirvana With The Lights Out
With The Lights out is a box set of unreleased material by Nirvana, 3 CD’s and a DVD, promising everything unreleased. The year after the release of this set an album Sliver, the best of the box was released, a collection of standouts with 2 unreleased songs not on …
Allison Becker
For those of you who watch music videos on vh1. You will note the new replacement for the top 20 video countdown ,Allison Becker. She is so refreshing to watch and young. While I never thought they would ever find a replacement to replace Hamer …
Job for a Cowboy
I first heard the song “Entombment of a Machine” from the American Death Metal band “Job for Cowboy” a couple years ago on an online radio station called “L.A. Metal”. I was still newly into the heavy metal and death metal genre, and even though many fans might scoff …
Animal Collective - A Manatee Dance (Song)
A Manatee Dance is a song by Animal Collective which is the opening track to their second album, Danse Manatee. Opening up with a synthesized introduction, a listener is introduced to the noise-type of music that was somewhat prominent throughout Animal Collective’s debut record, Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve …
How to Train Your Dragon: Soundtrack
In March of 2010, Dreamworks released How to Train Your Dragon; a film about a boy named hiccup on a viking island where killing the dragons which raid the city is almost everything. Hiccup, however, is no ordinary boy and, unlike everybody else, is not strong and does have …
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